Save the Date for the 2026 Volunteer Training Summit!
Volunteer Training Summit
2026 Volunteer Training Summit
Training for all Scouting leaders • The Best Leaders are Trained Leaders
Sat • 11/14/26
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Loyola Blakefield
Lunch Included
Event Details
Date: 11/14/26 Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Loyola Blakefield
500 Chestnut Ave, Towson, MD 21204
Summit Director:
Ellery Loomis
Email: BlinkingBeaver@gmail.com
Telephone: (410) 804-2526
Registration: $30 All Ages (Lunch included)
New in 2026
- “What I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Den Leader”
- Den Chief Training
- Lodge Leadership Development
- …and much more!
Class Schedule
✓ Scheduled this session
| Class # | Title | Session 1 (9:00 AM) |
Session 2 (10:00 AM) |
Session 3 (11:00 AM) |
Session 4 (1:30 PM) |
Session 5 (2:30 PM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTS5 | Annual Planning | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS6 | AOL to Scouts BSA: The transition for adult leaders | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS85 | Beyond the Guide to Safe Scouting: Navigating Scouting's Standards for Activities, Camping & Risk Management | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS74 | Blind Spot (Implicit Bias) | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS75 | Bullying Prevention | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS10 | Camping in Cold Weather | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS11 | Carving / Pocketknife safety for Cubs | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS86 | Challenging Audism | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS13 | Communicating with neurodivergent scouts | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS14 | Cub Scout Ceremonies | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS15 | Cub Scout Program Overview | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS17 | Den Chief Training (ALL DAY) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VTS18 | Den Leader Training (Lion/Tiger) | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS19 | Den Leader Training (Webelos/AOL) | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS20 | Den Leader Training (Wolf/Bear) | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS22 | Eating well on the trail | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS23 | Effective Social Media | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS24 | Engagement Panel Discussion | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS66 | Fundamentals of Training (All Day) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VTS88 | Guide to Advancement | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS89 | Guide to Safe Scouting | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS26 | Hammock Camping | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS27 | How the OA supplements Unit Program | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS28 | How to deliver an effective Join Scout Night | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS29 | How to develop a unit budget | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS30 | How to develop and recruit adult volunteers | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS31 | How to effectively use a den chief | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS43 | How to make merit badge and leadership training delivery more AGILE. | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS33 | How to use Canva? | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS34 | Inclusive Menu Planning | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS35 | Indoor Cub Scout Games | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS90 | Insight into Preventing Suicide | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS38 | Introduction to Troop Leadership Skills | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS91 | Islamic Council on Scouting of North America and the hijab in scouting | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS73 | Maine High Adventure | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS40 | Managing difficult conversations | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS47 | OA Lodge Leadership Development (LLD) (All Day) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VTS50 | Orienteering Advanced Map and Compass Techniques | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| VTS48 | Orienteering Resources for the Unit Leader | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS49 | Orienteering Techniques | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS51 | Outdoor Cub Scout Games | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS52 | Pack Meeting 101 | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS87 | Peek into the Deaf Community | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS94 | Planning for the Weather | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS79 | Programming/Planning with Cultural Awareness in Mind | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS54 | Reverence with the Awkward: Practicing "A Scout is Reverent" in a Pluralistic World | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS55 | Risk Management in Scouting | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS100 | Scout Book - Committee persona tasks | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS101 | Scout Book - Unit Program persona tasks | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS110 | Scoutbook Lab Session | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| VTS56 | Scoutbook overview | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS61 | Service Projects | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS102 | Special Needs- Accommodations, Modifications, Registering Beyond the Age of Eligibility (RBAE) and More | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS62 | Stop The Bleed | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS63 | Successful Popcorn Sales | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS80 | The ABCs of LGBTQ | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS64 | The Derbies | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS103 | The Invitation Nobody Got: Building Scouting Leadership That Looks Like Your Community | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
| VTS65 | The Scoutmaster's Minute | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS8 | Trailblazing Together: Planning Ahead for Female and Co-ed Backpacking Trip | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS104 | Unit Fundraising | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| VTS105 | Using Artificial Intelligence as a tool for scouting | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| VTS68 | What I wish I knew before I became a Den Leader | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS69 | What is a unit commissioner? | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS106 | What is the Religious Coordinator | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| VTS70 | What to expect from your unit commissioner | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS107 | Why Cub Scout families and how great packs keep them | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
| VTS71 | You're a member of the unit Key Three: Now what? | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
Tip: Pick a learning path: Cub Leaders, Troop Leaders, or Council/OA — and stack your day with back-to-back skills.
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